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dana bash is up there. dana, just to set the scene. you're standing outside the room where the democratic senators are going to be meeting with the vice president. >> that's right. you can show just to give you a context, and then i want to piggyback on what jessica is saying. you know what? actually, kim, can you flip around? we're going to get the vice president right now. we're going to get the vice president right now. mr. vice president, do you have a deal? mr. environment, we're live on cnn, do you have a deal? senator reid, how do you feel? got to love live tv. there you go. >> he kept saying happy new year. and he had a smile on his face, so i assume he thinks he's going to have a happy new year. i'm sure that he did not necessarily think he would be spending new year's eve with you, dana. >> no, i'm sure he didn't. and i can tell you that a lot of us up here are -- you know, we like each other, but spending new year's this way is not exactly our way of a fun way to ring in the new year. certainly, that was interesting. the vic
dana bash is up there. dana, just to set the scene. you're standing outside the room where the democratic senators are going to be meeting with the vice president. >> that's right. you can show just to give you a context, and then i want to piggyback on what jessica is saying. you know what? actually, kim, can you flip around? we're going to get the vice president right now. we're going to get the vice president right now. mr. vice president, do you have a deal? mr. environment, we're...
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dana? >> it certainly is. it's always tragic news, but it's especially hard when it's on christmas eve. thank you very much, barbara. >>> it's beginning to look like millions of stockings will be stuffed with a tax hike and spending cuts this holiday seas season. only eight days left until america goes off the fiscal cliff. both sides are taking a holiday break, and all we're getting is the blame game. some republicans suggesting that the doomsday scenario that's now unfolding is all part of a white house plan. >> when i listen to the president, i think the president is eager to go over the cliff for political purposes. i think he sees a political victory at thement bot of the cliff. he gets all this additional tax revenue for new program. he gets to cut the military, which democrats have been calling for for years, and he gets to blame republicans for it. >> white house correspondent breanna keilar has the envy of all assignments of traveling with the president and joins us live from honol
dana? >> it certainly is. it's always tragic news, but it's especially hard when it's on christmas eve. thank you very much, barbara. >>> it's beginning to look like millions of stockings will be stuffed with a tax hike and spending cuts this holiday seas season. only eight days left until america goes off the fiscal cliff. both sides are taking a holiday break, and all we're getting is the blame game. some republicans suggesting that the doomsday scenario that's now unfolding is...
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dana bash is on capitol hill with latest. dana, what have you got? >> this kbifs you a good sense of where things stand. they're at a standstill. you see a lot of reporters milling around. it's behind this wall that you can't see. the democrats, all senate democrats are meeting now, getting a briefing from the senate democratic leader, harry reid and down this haul, which you can't see from here, the same thing is going on with republicans. at the podium we hope to hear from senate majority leader, harry reid. in terms of where things stand, they're frozens it goes. earlier today, we explained that the reason from the democrats point of view is that they got an offer from republicans that includes what was known as chained cpi, which you've been explaining means social security checks would be smaller for social security recipients, which is something that is a nonstarter for democrats in this particular negotiation. it is something that the president offered as part of a larger deal. there are other things that are not together on like tax rates and
dana bash is on capitol hill with latest. dana, what have you got? >> this kbifs you a good sense of where things stand. they're at a standstill. you see a lot of reporters milling around. it's behind this wall that you can't see. the democrats, all senate democrats are meeting now, getting a briefing from the senate democratic leader, harry reid and down this haul, which you can't see from here, the same thing is going on with republicans. at the podium we hope to hear from senate...
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dana, thanks very much. ali, it's never done until, as they say, it's done. >> no, and we don't know where it's going to be. let's take you to the other end of pennsylvania avenue where jessica yellin is standing by. the white house is very involved in this, particularly joe biden. dana saying if there is a deal, they're going to need joe biden to go over and talk to democrats there to sell this to them. there have been those who have been dissatisfied with the development of a deal as we have heard about it today. what's going on at the white house right now? >> well, i have reported that the vice president is set to go up there just as soon as the democrats hold or schedule a caucus, a meeting of the senate democrats to present the bill. and then the vice president will take their questions and answer any of their concerns. but ali, just hours before that ball is set to drop in new york city, there is still time for lawmakers to drop the ball here in washington, d.c. i have been waiting a long time to use
dana, thanks very much. ali, it's never done until, as they say, it's done. >> no, and we don't know where it's going to be. let's take you to the other end of pennsylvania avenue where jessica yellin is standing by. the white house is very involved in this, particularly joe biden. dana saying if there is a deal, they're going to need joe biden to go over and talk to democrats there to sell this to them. there have been those who have been dissatisfied with the development of a deal as we...
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dana, what are you drawing? what conclusions are you drawing from what you're hearing? >> let me give you a little bit of color of what i witnessed, maybe better to say what i smelled coming over here. i took the back way where senators have hide aways in the capital, and i smelled a lot of firewood. people are lighting fires like they're in for a long night here on new year's eve. and perhaps that is a good sign that there is genuine optimism that they could have a vote tonight. that is what i was told by a senior democratic source, that the goal is tonight, senate democrats insist they're not there yet. there's still some outstanding issues on the republican side, however, there was a meeting probably now about an hour, hour and a half ago, among all senate republicans, and many, many senate republicans came out and said they did believe we were very, very close, and they were sticking around for a vote tonight. so that's where we are right now. but we are also anticipating, as jessica reported earlier, joe biden to come up to the senate to talk to his fellow democrat
dana, what are you drawing? what conclusions are you drawing from what you're hearing? >> let me give you a little bit of color of what i witnessed, maybe better to say what i smelled coming over here. i took the back way where senators have hide aways in the capital, and i smelled a lot of firewood. people are lighting fires like they're in for a long night here on new year's eve. and perhaps that is a good sign that there is genuine optimism that they could have a vote tonight. that is...
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let's go to dana bash. dana, what do you think? is it promising? can they go it now? >> reporter: well, let's start there. it certainly has happened before between these two men, and it's happened before when democrats on capitol hill are either split or have gotten, frankly, just too frustrated with the republican counterparts to have conversations to be able to find bipartisan agreement. these are the two men who negotiated an extension of the bush era tax cuts for two years. that happened two years ago when republicans had a lot of political capital because they just won the house in a big way. whether or not these two men are actually going to be the ones to strike a deal, we're not sure, but we are told, our ted barrett and jessica yellin and i are told by multiple sources that it does seem that at this point, at this late hour, the talks are primarily centered around and between these two men, between mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, and joe biden, the vice president. harry reid, the senate democratic leader is certainly very well-informed. he's ke
let's go to dana bash. dana, what do you think? is it promising? can they go it now? >> reporter: well, let's start there. it certainly has happened before between these two men, and it's happened before when democrats on capitol hill are either split or have gotten, frankly, just too frustrated with the republican counterparts to have conversations to be able to find bipartisan agreement. these are the two men who negotiated an extension of the bush era tax cuts for two years. that...
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senior congressional correspondent dana bash is on capitol hill and, dana, does it even look like the house will vote today? because that's kind of crucial. >> it is a big open question, deb. i can tell you the reason why i'm standing in front of a -- maybe not so pretty white wall is because i'm down the hall from where republicans are meeting as we speak. house republicans. and you can hear at different times some clapping and different times other -- maybe not so happy noises coming from inside the meeting, but they are discussing the way forward. and what we're hearing from sources, again, this meeting is going on what we're hearing from sources about what is happening behind the doors is that there are a lot of members concerned that they want spending cuts to go along with this deal. they don't want to just pass mostly -- mostly tax cuts but tax increases. that is a big part of what i'm hearing is going on. the other thing we're told is that the house speaker is simply not taking a position whether he is for or against this. he's being very cautious, we're told, in this meeting,
senior congressional correspondent dana bash is on capitol hill and, dana, does it even look like the house will vote today? because that's kind of crucial. >> it is a big open question, deb. i can tell you the reason why i'm standing in front of a -- maybe not so pretty white wall is because i'm down the hall from where republicans are meeting as we speak. house republicans. and you can hear at different times some clapping and different times other -- maybe not so happy noises coming...
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dana bash is still with us. what are you learning? >> while i was talking to you, i got a message, an e-mail saying -- from a senior democratic source saying the goal is tonight. the goal is to have a vote in the senate tonight. we were talking about how republicans were saying that but don't run the senate. we can't call it a deal, but they're working towards that. >> what would be the big deal if the vote in the senate is delayed until tomorrow morning? >> you know, technically not much. i think psychologically, the fact that we are all talking about the house not being able to vote tonight as us technically going over the fiscal cliff is something that they recognized in the senate. and i also think that for senate republicans and even some democrats, it's not as much of an issue to be able to take home politically the idea of voting for a tax cut as opposed to a tax increase which the house would be doing tomorrow. also just the idea of momentum. they've got the momentum. they don't want to blow it if they've got it. >> you know t
dana bash is still with us. what are you learning? >> while i was talking to you, i got a message, an e-mail saying -- from a senior democratic source saying the goal is tonight. the goal is to have a vote in the senate tonight. we were talking about how republicans were saying that but don't run the senate. we can't call it a deal, but they're working towards that. >> what would be the big deal if the vote in the senate is delayed until tomorrow morning? >> you know,...
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dana. >> must be nice. we expect to fin out on the official results of egypt's constitutional refuse ripped um today. unofficial results published by state-run media show 64% of egyptians approved the constitution, drafted by an assembly of the muslim brotherhood. ian rappaport joins us with the latest. >> we're hearing now that they will postpone the announcements of the results of the constitutional referendum until tomorrow, but this is still a very contentious process. we're seeing opposition file two legal challenges. first one, looking at the irregularities they say took place during two days of voting. the other one, challenging the refuse ripped um itself, saying it was illegal, didn't follow the guidelines previously set up. opposition is still very much challenging the process and also getting ready for the parliamentary elections which are supposed to take place within two months. the opposition trying to show a united force. in the past, we've seen them very much divided. >> ian lee, thank you.
dana. >> must be nice. we expect to fin out on the official results of egypt's constitutional refuse ripped um today. unofficial results published by state-run media show 64% of egyptians approved the constitution, drafted by an assembly of the muslim brotherhood. ian rappaport joins us with the latest. >> we're hearing now that they will postpone the announcements of the results of the constitutional referendum until tomorrow, but this is still a very contentious process. we're...
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back to you. >> dana bash, there with chairman issa, thanks so much for that. now we'll throw back to deb in atlanta. >> thanks so much, john. we want to go to the -- to the floor there. the senator from tennessee, bob corker, ribbing the president and chastising him for what he just calls his press conference. let's listen for a moment. >> without objection. >> mr. president -- >> senator from maryland. >> mr. president, i rise to speak on behalf of what is going on here today as the new chair of the -- >> okay, so tax hikes, it looks like tax hikes instead of affecting 98% of all americans will affect only the 5% of top earners. does that mean everybody is free and clear? not exactly. tomorrow, your paycheck will likely shrink. and that's with or without the fiscal cliff. that's because the payroll tax cut expires at midnight. right now, it does not look as if congress plans to extend it. the 4.2% you pay into social security will now go up to 6.2% of your salary. lawmakers have been so consumed by the fiscal cliff that it appears little was done to extend th
back to you. >> dana bash, there with chairman issa, thanks so much for that. now we'll throw back to deb in atlanta. >> thanks so much, john. we want to go to the -- to the floor there. the senator from tennessee, bob corker, ribbing the president and chastising him for what he just calls his press conference. let's listen for a moment. >> without objection. >> mr. president -- >> senator from maryland. >> mr. president, i rise to speak on behalf of what is...
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six days, dana bash, from washington. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >>> now to this wild weather causing a headache for holiday travelers. snow and sleet are disrupting things for drivers in indiana right now. the day after christmas usually means a trip to the mall. for a lot of people. checking for sales or exchanges, you know the deal. but for people like the ones you're seeing now, and others in the midwest and south, this is cleanup time. they have got the shovels out. they have got the snow blowers. they have got to clear that ice after tornadoes also like this one touched down last night. look. >> it's right there. >> we got to hurry up and get past. >> yeah, this is one of 30 tornadoes that spun out of the storm system that damaged at least 125 homes and businesses. happened across alabama, other parts of the south overnight. and we have learned now that more than 25 people were injured in mississippi. three people died in texas, oklahoma and arkansas. officials are working to restore power to about 21,000 cu
six days, dana bash, from washington. thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >>> now to this wild weather causing a headache for holiday travelers. snow and sleet are disrupting things for drivers in indiana right now. the day after christmas usually means a trip to the mall. for a lot of people. checking for sales or exchanges, you know the deal. but for people like the ones you're seeing now, and others in the midwest and south, this is cleanup time. they have got the shovels out....
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dana, be go ahead. jumpb in here. >> i think they won their negotiating power once boehner last week failed. as dana pushed out, the only thing that can get boehner is to do something. >> reporter: i think that you're right when i said that democrats don't think that the president will have much political damage. that does seem to be coming more from democrats here in congress than in the white house. democrats here in congress feel that it's a win-win for them politically. the one thing i will tell you very quickly, the pushback on this narrative that i heard from senate republican leader in the hallway. he said, do you remember who the speaker was during the hoover administration? i said, no. he said, that's my point. nobody will remember who the speaker was if ge into a recession but it's the president who tends to have the fault if something really calamatus happens. >> dane na bash and ryan lizza, thank you. >>> real concerns for president bush. he's in an intensive care in a houston hospital. we'l
dana, be go ahead. jumpb in here. >> i think they won their negotiating power once boehner last week failed. as dana pushed out, the only thing that can get boehner is to do something. >> reporter: i think that you're right when i said that democrats don't think that the president will have much political damage. that does seem to be coming more from democrats here in congress than in the white house. democrats here in congress feel that it's a win-win for them politically. the one...
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senior congressional correspondent dana bash is following all of it for us. what are you hearing? >> there was a conference call of course members of the house leadership even, they're back in their districts, but there was a conference call today among those house republican leaders trying to figure out if and when the house should come back into session. two republican sources tell me they did not make a decision on this call. it's still up in the air. and a big reason for that is if anything can get done in the next six days, the ball is in the senate's court. the capitol is a ghost town. neither chamber in session. an eerie calm since the fiscal cliff only congress has the power to avert is less than one week away. from their home, senate democratic leaders is trying to figure out if the president's scaled back bill can pass congress at the 11th hour. >> there is absolutely no reason, none, not to protect these americans from a tax hike. at the very least, let's agree right now on what we already agree on. let's get that done. >> reporter: but to get that done, democrats first
senior congressional correspondent dana bash is following all of it for us. what are you hearing? >> there was a conference call of course members of the house leadership even, they're back in their districts, but there was a conference call today among those house republican leaders trying to figure out if and when the house should come back into session. two republican sources tell me they did not make a decision on this call. it's still up in the air. and a big reason for that is if...
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here is something ta dana bash got, where she said, republican told her, some senate democrats have discussed holding on on bringing up a proposal until the final final days of 2012, which we happen to be in at the moment. to increase pressure on republicans to support avoiding higher taxes on everyone due to the fiscal cliff. >> the clock is running down. now is the moment. and all i can tell you, we have had various groups, the gang of six, the gang of eight. people meeting, talking, i've had multiple conversations since getting back yesterday. i just don't believe it in the senate. i absolute believe if it were up to the senate democrats and republicans, we would get this done. the problem is, unfortunately, with the extreme element insist the house, for whatever reason the speaker won't act. even when something like the reform farm bill to eliminate subsidies which everybody agree should be eliminated. we can't get them to that i that out. so frustrating that we send things over that are bipartisan that do make cuts and to ask those at the top to pay a little more to help out and it keeps
here is something ta dana bash got, where she said, republican told her, some senate democrats have discussed holding on on bringing up a proposal until the final final days of 2012, which we happen to be in at the moment. to increase pressure on republicans to support avoiding higher taxes on everyone due to the fiscal cliff. >> the clock is running down. now is the moment. and all i can tell you, we have had various groups, the gang of six, the gang of eight. people meeting, talking,...